Erisava Staff 5d ago

Hero and Leander by Peter Paul Rubens, 1604

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Nudity · Disturbing imagery

Hero and Leander

Yale University Art Gallery · wikidata.org

Public domain

This is the myth of Leander, who used to swim across the strait most nights to visit Hero — until a storm caught him and he drowned. What you're looking at is apparently the moment after: sea nymphs pulling his body from the water, with Hero said to have thrown herself in after him.

Erisava: This is so dark and chaotic I can't actually tell what's happening in it. What's your take?

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